The Despedida 6: The Newlyweds shows newlyweds Jeff and Francy Hirsch leaving the Bicol Teachers College (BTC) Little Theater. Well-wishers in white are BTC students (future teachers). The two children at right are fourth-graders in the BTC...
The Despedida 5: “are now husband and wife.” It’s official! Jeff and Francy are legally married, a few people thinking to the contrary notwithstanding!
The Despedida 4: With This Love, I Thee Wed shows us at about the time we together proclaimed, “With this love, I thee wed.” Looking on are bridesmaid, Flor Andes, PCV groom, David Briscoe, the bride’s father, Quirico Villar, and Reverend...
The Despedida 3: Be My Wife and Share a Life shows me saying that “I, Geoffrey Alan Hirsch, take thee, Francia Marchan Villar, to be my wedded wife, to share a life, as long as we both shall live.” It’s the same concept as “’til death do...
Of the more than 30 remaining photos, The Despedida 1 – The Despedida 6 capture the essence of the event.
The Despedida 2: The Assemblage, shows some of those gathered for The Despedida. Most did not realize they would be at a wedding ...
It’s not every day that one gets married… to a person of a different culture… in a far-off place… for next to nothing … in a wedding ceremony one wrote oneself… as part of a surprise number… at a farewell party (despedida)… with...
Here, in 1966, the Volunteer is addressing the Supervisors and Principals' League in the Philippines, because I was assumed to know something because I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Because of the trust placed in my abilities, I did read the...
When the car transporting me arrived at my assigned high school (Polangui General Comprehensive High School), it was surrounded by students welcoming me to their school. I jumped out of the car and people threw some leis around my neck. I wanted to...
Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which...
Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which...
Education 14: Discovery Approach to Learning and Teaching. I had two very proud accomplishments in education as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Philippines, 1966-1970). One was creating a student-centered and diagram-based approach to logic, which...
The newspaper article tells the complete story, but the date written on it, 1-18-67, must refer to the (CA) Ojai Valley News publication date rather than when the photo was taken, which was in late September, 1966, on my first day of assignment to...